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FILING OR INDEX SYSTEM Original Filed Aug. 17, 925 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 v 3IN VENTO ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 12, 1939 earner @FFEQE .ZEMACH AUERBACH,OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

FILING OR INDEX SYSTEM Y Application filed August 17, 1925, serial No.50,676. Renewed January 4, 1930.

My invention has reference to improvements infiling systems, alsosometimes called. I

card indexes, of the classinwhich separate cards are assembled upon oneanother in. a suitable rack or holder to permit ready access tothe'several cards, and to enablersmoval and replacement of the cards.

The principal object of my invention is to provide improved cards whichmay be readily inserted and slidably retained in a rack and willinterengage with one another to keep them in a closely relatedendwiseconditionpermitting ready access to any of the cards as wellasconvenient removal and 1 replacement thereof with respect to the rack.My invention comprises a card ofthe class specified provided with meanslocated within the margins thereof, in the nature of one or moreprojections, 0r tongues, adapted to cooperate with guiding means upon arack for detachably retaining the cards therein and permitting the cardsto be slid lengthwise along the rack, as well as to be folded or swungback and forth. for access to any of therefrom.

My inventionalso comprises novel details of improvement that will bemore fully hereinafter set forth and then pointed out in the claims. v I

Reference is tobehad tothe accompanying drawings forming a parthereof,where- Fig. l is a partly broken face view illustrating a portion of arackand cards embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a sectionon Fig. 3 is a section on line 3, 3 in Fig. 1; Fig.4. isa perspective of one of the. cards;

Fig. 5 is a perspective of aniodification;

Fig. 6 is a face view illustrating a modification; i

Fig. 6 is a face view corresponding to Fig. 6, showing superposed cards;

Fi 7 is a section on line 7, 7 in Fig. 6;

V. Fig. 9 is a face view illustrating a modified the cardsfor writingthereon or reading line. 2, 2,-inFig. 1;

Fig. 7 is a section on line 7 7 inFig. 6

Fig. 8 is a perspective of the card of Fig. 6;

form of rack and card;

F 9 is a partly broken face. view'similar to Fig. 9, illustratingsuperposed cards;

Fig. 10 is a section on line 10, 10, in Fig. 9;

Fig. 10 is a section on line 10 10 in Fig. 9?,

Fig. 11 is a perspective of the card of F 1g. 9; i

Fig. 12 is aper spectiveof a modified form of the card shown in Fig. 11;

Fig. 13 is a sectional View of a rack with G0 a card like Fig. 12

Fig. 13 is a view similar to Fig. 13, illus trating superposed cards;

Fig. 14 is a faceview illustrating a modiiiedform of rack and card;

Fig. 14 is a partly broken face View similar to Fig. 14, illustratingsuperposed cards; 14: *ig. 15 is a section on line 15, 15, in Fig.

Fig. 15 is a section on line 15 15, of

i Fig. 14?;

Fig. 16 is a detail of the card of Fig. 14; Fig. 17 is a face viewillustrating a modification; 1 17Fig. 18 is a section on line 18, 18, inFig.

Fig. 19 is a perspective of a card of Fig.

20 illustrates a modified form of rack; Fig. 20 is a partly broken faceview similar to' F ig. 20, showing superposed cards;

Fig. 21 is a section on line 21, 21, in Fig.

vFig. 23 is a face View corresponding to i Fig. 23, showing superposedcards;

Fig. 24 is a section on line 24:, 24, in Fig.

Fig. 24 is a section on. line 24 24, of Fig.23 Fig. 25 is a detail ofthe card of Fig. '23; Fig. 26 is a face view illustrating means upon acard to detachably retain a temporary card;

ig. 27 is a section on line 27, 27, in Fig.

r Fig. 28 is an exaggerated detail of 27;.

Fig. 29 is a detail of part of the card; Fig. 30 is a perspectivedetailof the card retainer;

Fig. 31 is a face view of a modified form of Fig. 26;

Fig. 32 is a section on line 32, 32, in Fig.

' Fig. 33 is an exaggerated detail of Fig. 32;

. Fig. 34 is a detail of part of the card. of

Fig. 31. and i Fig. 35 is a perspect ve of the card retainer of Fig.'31..

Similar numerals of referenceindicate cor- V responding parts in theseveral views- The cards 1 may be of any suitable material, such aspaper or-cardboard, of a'suitable shape, preferably rectangular. The

cards'are provided with one or more'projections or. tongues 2 which arelocatedwithin theImargins ofthe cards adapted to engage theguides ofracks or holders for detachably' retaining the cards therein. In theforms shown in Figs. 1 to 8 the projections 2jare formed by producingangularly disposed slits at 3 in the card, leaving the inner'por- 'tionsof the projections integrally attached to the cards, in the nature of ahinge, so that the projections maybe pushed sideways or later ally fromthe plane of the card to engage guides of the rack. Said projectionsextend toward the side margins or edgesofthecard.

Some cards are provided with transverse score lines forming hingingmeans, indicated at 4, so that the upper portion 5 ofthe cards that hasthe j projections 2 forms supporting means for the lower free portion lof the card, whereby-the lattermay be swung. along the score line foraccess to opposite sides of the card and for access to the cards beneatha given card. At 6 is indicated arack which .may be made of'suitablematerial. In the form shown in Figs. '1 to 7 the rack may be -made ofmetal having one or'inore longitufdin'al slots 7 and the materialadjacent to one side ofthe slot is bent reversely. over the body of theracket and spaced'from the rack to form a guide or guides. Atthe marginsthe rack is preferably provided with outwardly turned edges at9 betweenwhich the cardslie and wherebythe edges of the. cards are protected.When the cards are to'be applied to the rack the cards may be suitablybent to enable the projections 2 to be tucked into engagement with theguides 8 so that the cards are retained by the projections superposedupon one another and may slide alon the rack. As shown in Figs. 1 to 8,inclu 'ing Figs. 6? and 7 thelower edge 3 of the slit part 3 of the cardis longerthan the u per edge 3 thereof so, that when the car 8 areassembled projecting corner portion of one card at the rounded or curvedupper edge 1 may slide into the opening of-an adjacent cardfas shown inFig. 6 and such projection will engage the upper edge 3 of thecorresponding opening and determine the overlap of the cards upon oneanother. In

Figs. 1 to 4 the card is provided with recesses at:10 providing theintermediate projecting portion 11, whereby the upper edge of aprojection 20f one card willenter the recess 10 of a card therebehind toenable the cards to'tucktogether or interengage. When the cards are inthe rackthe projection 2 of a card will lie b'ehind the guide 8 and themarv ginal portion 1 of the card will lie over the rack,.(Fig. 3),whereby the card is retained from displacement. The projections 2 engageinner bent portions or folds 8 of guides 8iand thereby limit edgewisemovement of the card in the rack, (Fig. 3). In the form shown in Fig.5the projecting portion 11 of Figs; 1 to 4150f the card 1? is omitted,provi'ding recess 10*, so that theportions 1" of one card may passthrough theopenings 3 superposed close. relationship.

'InflFigs. 1, 2- and 3 the rack is shown pro- @vided with two spacedguides .8 to cooperate with the two corresponding spaced projections 2of the cards, which projections at their free ends extend outwardlytoward the side margins of the card. I 1

IniFigs. 6, 7, 8, 6? and7" the card. 1 ,is provided with two spacedprojections '2 which, at the free ends, extend inwardly to-. wardeachother away from the side margins thejtop edge of one card 'willengagethe top edges 3 ofopenings 3 to cause'snugging or interengaging of thecards together in overlapping relation.

In Figs. 9,10, 11, 9 are arranged substantially as in Figs. 6 and 8,except that they also have the central recesses 10 and the reducedportions 1 and '10 providing spaced projections 13 that are and 10 thecards 1" of the next card for assembling the-cards in adapted to passthrough the openings 3 of one or more, superposed cards for the purposeaforesaid. Inthe form shown in Figs. 9 and the rack 6 is provided withguides 8 under which the projections 2 pass and upon the guides 8 arechannel pieces 8 which may be secured to the inwardly extending flangesof the guides 8 by soldering the parts-together. The pieces 8 areadapted to receive the adjacent edges of the cards for retaining them inthe rack.

In Figs. 12, 13 and 13 the card 1 has three openings 3 and threecorresponding projections 2 with the corresponding edges of the openings3* and 3, two of which projections extend toward one side margin of thecard and the other projection extends toward the other side margin ofthe card, adapted to engage the marginal guides 8 of rack 6 and anintermediate guide 8, formed in the manner shown in Fig. 3. The guides 8receive the side edges of the card and keep the latter in position.

In the torm'shown in Figs. 6 to 12 the cards are not provided with thescore line or hinge 4. 7 I

In Figs. 14, 15, 14, 15 and 16 the projections 2 of the cards 1* extendinwardly toward each other and the cards are provided with the reducedcorners 10 to enter openings 3, the rack 6' being provided with theinwardly bent guides 8 that face toward the sides of the rack to receivethe projections 2, the marginal edges of the rack beingbent outwardly at9 to oppose the side edges of the cards.

In Figs. 17, 18 and 19 the card I is provided with a single projection2, shown centrally disposed, and the rack is provided with a singleguide 8 to cooperate with the projection 2 of said card. In Fig. 17 therearward card is not shown in the position of minimum spacing. Themarginal portions 9 of the rack are turned inwardly at 9 to overlie themarginal edges of the cards and retain the latter from lateraldisplacement since there is but a single projection on a card and asingle guide 8 on the rack.

Instead of forming the guides 8 by means of the slots 7 and the edgesalong the slots bent reversely in hoolnlike form, the base of V the rackmay be provided with longitudinal slots 7 terminating near the ends ofthe rack and the end portions 6 of the rack at the terminations of theslots at 7 a may be bent laterally so as to offset the intermediateportions 6 of the rack at the slots with respect to the portions 6,(Figs. 20 and 21), to'permit the projections 2 of the cards 1 .to passthrough the slots and enter behind the adjacent mate-,

rial of the rack. In the form shown in Figs. 20, 21 and 22 the cards 1have two projections 2 extending in one direction and another projection2 extending reversely, the base of the rack being correspondingly offsetto receive such projections, whereas in Figs. 23,

24 and 25 the projections 2 of the card 1 all extend in one directionand the portions 6 of the rack are correspondingly ofiset from the sideportions 6 to receive the projections 2. The same arrangement of rackmaybe provided for any number of projections on the cards. c 3

I also provide cards with retaining means at their free edges fortemporary cards 30, arranged as illustrated in Figs. 26 to '35. As shownin Figs. 26 to 30. I provide a detachable retainer 31 adapted to be slidendwise along the free or lower edge 1 of card 1, the card otherwisebeing shown similar'to the card of Figs. 1 to 4. The card is shownprovided with a tongue 32 produced by cutting an angularly disposed slit33 in the card,

whereby the tongue may be'bent to one side of the plane of the card toreceive the inwardly folded edge portion or web 31 of retainer 31. Theretainer'comprises a piece of suitable material, preferably translucid,such as transparent or translucent, folded along its portion 31 toproduce the substantially parallel webs 31 and 31, with the web 31therebetween. When the retainer is to be applied to the card one end ofthe retainer is adjusted at one end of the free edge 1 of the card andthe retainer isslid along the card to engage its folded web 31 with thetongue 32 the lower folded portion 31 of the retainerreceiving theextreme edge of the card, whereby the retainer is locked to the cardde-V tachably. The web 31 of the retainer is free from card 1 so that atemporary or loose card or cards may be inserted in thepocket formedbetween the web 31 and the retainer. The lower edge of card 1 may beprovided with indicators, commonly called signals, indicated at A, B, C,D, in position to be observed through the translucid retainer 31. hen itis desired to check ofi or replace the signals the retainer may be slidalong the edge of the card for access to the signals. The retainerservles as a protector for the edge 1 of the cart. V

In the form shown in Figs. 31 to instead or" providing tongue 32 cutfrom the material of the card the free edge of the card may bentreversely, as indicated at 1, ex tending upwardly along a face of thecard and the retainer 31 has the inwardly bent portion or web 31preferably nearly as deep as the reverse portion l oi the card 1, tointerengage between the former and the card with'the part 1' between theparts 31 Having now described-my invention what Iclaimis:,. '4 r V 1. Afiling card provided with a pro ection 7 located withinthe margins ofthe card said card having an opening from which the projectionextends,theloweredge of the opening being longer thanits upper edge,Whereby the opening is in position'to receive an edge portion of anadjoining card to engage the shorter edge along the opening for spacingsuperposed cards,

2. A filing card provided with a projection located within themargins ofthe card, the card being providedwith an opening from which theprojectionextends,the card being provided with a recess adjacent to theprojection to permit an associate portion of the card having aprojection within the margin 4 thereof adapted to engage said guide.

8. A filing card having a projecting portion adjacent to one end, and aretainer folded in form three webs, two of the-webs being adapt,- ed tointerengage with the projecting porl tion of the card to connecttheretainer therewith, the other web of the retainer being free from thecardproviding a pocket for a temv porary card.

ZEMACH AUAEIRBACHQQ card to interengage with a similar opening A of asuperposed card;

A filing card provided with an opening within the margin of thecard,'and a projection located at said openingand integral with thecard, thelower edge of the opening being longer than its upper edge,saidcard having a marginal portion along an adjacent edge to enter a similaropening of superposed card to engage the shorter edge along said openingto. space superimposed cards.

4:. A filing card provided with an angular slit within its margin, andanintegral pro- 'jection formedby said slit, said slit, having twosubstantially parallel spaced portions,

has

7 one being located farther from an adjacent i terengaging the cards.v V

edge of the card than the other and of greater length than the latter toadmit an edge portion of an adjacent similar card into the openingcorresponding to said projection.

5. Ina filing system, a rackhaving a longitudinal slot and aportion ofthe material of the rack adjacent to the slot folded over the body ofthe rack providing a guide, marginal portions of the rack being extendedoutwardly in position toengage cards, anda j card having an opening anda projection at the opening Within the margin of the card to 1 i fromforming a guide,.and a card havinga projection within the margin of'thecard to cooperate with said guide, said card being provided with anopening located at the projection, the adjacent edge of the card beingadapted topass through the corresponding opening in a similar card forinterenga-gin the cards. I

7 In a filing system, a rack havmg a longitudinal slot, the material oftherack adjacent to the slot being oii'set laterally from the plane ofthe-rackproviding a guide, and a

